{"id":241,"date":"2009-11-21T11:36:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-21T11:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/2009\/11\/the-paradox-of-our-practice-genjokoan-webinar-9\/"},"modified":"2009-11-21T11:36:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-21T11:36:00","slug":"the-paradox-of-our-practice-genjokoan-webinar-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/2009\/11\/the-paradox-of-our-practice-genjokoan-webinar-9.html","title":{"rendered":"The Paradox of Our Practice: Genjokoan Webinar 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_0uPSljNE9f4\/SwgkI5UXr7I\/AAAAAAAAArM\/ec3VWge644w\/s1600\/Picture+23.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_0uPSljNE9f4\/SwgkI5UXr7I\/AAAAAAAAArM\/ec3VWge644w\/s400\/Picture+23.png\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><span style='font-family: Georgia,\"Times New Roman\",serif'><a href=\"https:\/\/wildfoxzen.webex.com\/wildfoxzen\/ldr.php?AT=pb&amp;SP=MC&amp;rID=34378877&amp;rKey=e69f2afa86d3d14d\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here<\/a> for the webinar recording (and after it gets going, click View and then Video). We begin this week by digesting the stories that everyone found to illuminate the <i>Genjokoan <\/i>and then move into the paradox \u2013 you are perfect AND you need some improvement (as Suzuki Roshi is reputed to have said). Included in the homework this week is to sit quietly and reflect your life. What further steps can be taken?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/4330911338438640912-4908647696910363905?l=wildfoxzen.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here for the webinar recording (and after it gets going, click View and then Video). We begin this week by digesting the stories that everyone found to illuminate the Genjokoan and then move into the paradox \u2013 you are perfect AND you need some improvement (as Suzuki Roshi is reputed to have said). 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